Mittwoch, 1. Juni 2016

First Impressions of 'The Spectra Unearthed'

'The Spectra Unearthed'
attempts a lot of great things but struggles with the execution.

The plot starts off fast
and with a chase scene. What is attempted here is to draw the reader
into the action. However, the chase is over so fast and the reader is
shown so little of the threat that no real tension builds. Instead of
being shown why the enemy is dangerous, we are merely presented with
an antagonist and told about how he represents a danger.

A lot of the exposition
takes the form of as-you-know dialogue. Particularly the main
antagonist seems to enjoy explaining the workings of this world to
his enemy. The attempts at worldbuilding are hobbled by this rather
unfortunate execution. A lot of the exposition feels rushed as if it
was of dire importance to get all of the information on this world's
magic and political system across in the first few chapters. I feel
that the story as a whole would have benefited a lot from focusing
more on the chase and doing all the worldbuilding in the process of
that.

After reading for an hour
I'm not yet able to assign any personality traits to the two female
lead characters.

If you are looking for
Fantasy that features female protagonists and can tolerate a few
misses in the execution you should check out 'The Spectra Unearthed'.

This review is a first
impression based on the first hour of reading. For other first
impressions of indie and self-published Fantasy check out:
http://firsthourfantasy.blogspot.de/